National Nuclear Physics Summer School 2026
Seattle, WA
June 29 - July 11, 2026
Lecture Schedule
Week 1
| Time Slot | Monday, June 29 | Tuesday, June 30 | Wednesday, July 1 | Thursday, July 2 | Friday, July 3 |
| 8:30 am-9:50 am |
Krishna Rajagopal "Hot and Cold Quark-Gluon Matter Under Pressure" (Pt. 1) |
Krishna Rajagopal "Hot and Cold Quark-Gluon Matter Under Pressure" (Pt. 2) |
Dima Kharzeev "Quantum Entanglement in Nuclear and High Energy Physics" |
Ragnar Stroberg "Manifestations of Nuclear Forces in Nuclear Structure" |
Farid Salazar "A Roadmap to Small-x Physics and Parton Saturation at Colliders" |
| 10:20 am-11:40 am |
Hendrik Schatz "The Origin of the Heavy Elements" |
Dima Kharzeev "Quantum entanglement in nuclear and high energy physics" |
Krishna Rajagopal "Hot and Cold Quark-Gluon Matter Under Pressure" (Pt. 3) |
Hironori Iwasaki "Experimental Nuclear Physics I" |
Student Talks |
| 12:00 pm-2:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
| 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm |
Ragnar Stroberg "Nuclear Structure Phenomena" |
Filomena Nunes "FRIB Science" |
Ragnar Stroberg "Nuclear Forces" |
Hironori Iwasaki "Experimental Nuclear Physics II" |
Student Talks |
| 3:50 pm-5:20 pm |
Filomena Nunes "Reactions" |
Hendrik Schatz "Nuclear reactions in X-ray bursts" |
Farid Salazar "A Roadmap to Small-x Physics and Parton Saturation at Colliders" |
Free |
Week 2
| Time Slot | Monday, July 6 | Tuesday, July 7 | Wednesday, July 8 | Thursday, July 9 | Friday, July 10 |
| 8:30 am-9:50 am |
Yen-Jie Lee "Experimental Study of the QGP with Soft Probes and Vacuum Baseline" |
Charles Horowitz "Nuclear physics of neutron stars" |
Martin Savage |
Charles Horowitz "Nuclear physics of neutron star mergers" |
Aobo Li "Large Language Model, AI Agent, and Vibe Coding" |
| 10:20 am-11:40 am |
Dave Kawall "Fundamental Symmetries" |
Vincenzo Cirigliano |
Dave Kawall |
Martin Savage |
Martin Savage |
| 12:00 pm-2:00 pm | LUNCH BREAK | CENPA Tour and Lunch | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK | LUNCH BREAK |
| 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm |
Vincenzo Cirigliano |
Dave Kawall |
Vincenzo Cirigliano |
Aobo Li "Foundations of Deep Learning" |
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| 3:50 pm-5:20 pm |
Yen-Jie Lee "Experimental Study of the QGP with Jets and Open Heavy Flavor" |
Yen-Jie Lee |
Charles Horowitz "Nuclear physics of supernovae" |
Free |
Student Talks
Student talks will take place on July 3rd, 9th, and 10th.
| Student Talk Schedule |
Venue
All lectures and student talks will take place in Physics/Astronomy Auditorium A114 on the University of Washington campus.
Confirmed Lecturers
Fundamental Symmetries
- Vincenzo Cirigliano, University of Washington
- Dave Kawall, University of Massachusetts
Nuclear and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
- Charles Horowitz, Indiana University
- Hendrik Schatz, Michigan State University
Nuclear Structure
- Hironori Iwasaki, Michigan State University
- Ragnar Stroberg, University of Notre Dame
Nuclear Reactions
- Filomena Nunes, Michigan State University
QCD
- Yen-Jie Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Krishna Rajagopal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Farid Salazar, Temple University
Quantum Information Science (QIS)
- Dima Kharzeev, Stony Brook University
- Martin Savage, University of Washington
AI/ML
- Aobo Li, University of California San Diego
The Museum of Flight
Interested students will visit the Museum of Flight as a group on July 2nd.
Discovery Park
Interested students will visit Discovery Park as a group on July 4th.
CENPA Tour
The Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (CENPA) will host a CENPA facility tour and lunch for students from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Tuesday, July 7th.
Bainbridge Island
Interested students will visit Bainbridge Island as a group on July 11th.
Questions?
Please contact intmail@uw.edu with any questions.